Peoria Heights, Illinois
Peoria Heights | |
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Tower Park water tower, 1970 | |
Location of Peoria Heights in Peoria County, Illinois. | |
| Coordinates: 40°45′05″N 89°34′13″W / 40.75139°N 89.57028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Counties | Peoria, Woodford, Tazewell |
| Township | Richwoods, Spring Bay, Fondulac |
| Founded | 1898, as Prospect Heights |
| Renamed | 1901, as Peoria Heights |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Matthew H. Wigginton |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.87 sq mi (7.44 km2) |
| • Land | 2.49 sq mi (6.46 km2) |
| • Water | 0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2) |
| Elevation | 784 ft (239 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,908 |
• Estimate (2024) | 5,802 |
| • Density | 2,370.3/sq mi (915.16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 61616 |
| Area code | 309 |
| FIPS code | 17-59026 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2399652 |
| Website | www |
Peoria Heights is a village lying in Peoria County in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, Peoria Heights had a population of 5,908. Peoria Heights is a suburb of Peoria, is sometimes referred to as Uptown, and is surrounded by the city except for its eastern boundary on Peoria Lake, a relatively wider section of the Illinois River. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.